Laptop-Friendly Cafés to Work from in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

With remote working on the rise, more and more cafes in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria are opening their doors to people who want to bring their laptops, enjoy a coffee, and get some work done.

However, it’s crucial to remember that these cafes are not free offices. To keep these businesses thriving, it is absolutely necessary to order drinks and food. It is irresponsible and not recommended to sit down with your laptop for hours and only order a coffee. Make sure to spend money to show your support and appreciation.

If laptop users don’t contribute to the cafes’ revenue, these businesses may start banning remote workers from their premises, as is already happening in some major European cities. Let’s make these cafes love hosting people with laptops by ensuring we all do our part to keep them in business!

Already before covid I was working from several cafes; I used to organize the weekly Coffees & Co Working sessions every Wednesday. At the time, there weren’t really cafes available designed for remote workers. But Del Real on Las Canteras, Granier and Panaria (multiple locations), Rincon Del Pan on Calle Guanarteme and the restaurant on the 23rd floor of the AC Hotel near Santa Catalina were (and are) just fine!

Rincon del Pan on Calle Guanarteme removed their public wifi. Their new location on Mesa y Lopez does not have any power outlets.

Check out some pictures of the Coffees & Co Working meetups in the slideshow below.

I don’t remember who took which pictures exactly. Get in touch for credit/removal

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Un Lugar Café

Un Lugar was the first co working cafe to open its doors and is still one of the most popular cafes to work from. The serve great coffee, incredibly fast wifi and got a small assortment of bocadillos, toast, pancakes, croissants and sweets. Their opening hours depend on the season and they usually close during the Summer. Read more.

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Café Regina

Café Regina is a chain on Gran Canaria with locations in Las Palmas on Las Canteras, Mesa y Lopez, inside El Corte Inglés, CC Alisios, CC Las Arenas and Triana. You will also find them in Vecindario and in the new shopping mall Mogan Mall in Puerto Rico. Their opening hours are different per location, but in general they are open every day untill 11PM or even midnight.

The perfect place for some work that has to be done in the late evening! Their menu is quite extensive, with tapas, sandwiches, salads, hamburgers, full main dishes and lots of cakes.

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Talleres Palermo

It’s important to explain that there’s the Talleres Palermo coworking and the Talleres Palermo Coworking Kafé. The first one is a traditional coworking and the second one is (as the name suggests) a café where you can work from. On top of that, Talleres Palermo is also an event space and super awesome second hand store. The Kafé is only open from Monday – Friday from 8.30AM – 4.00PM.

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Cool Beans

Cool Beans is located in the old town and is open daily. On workdays you are welcome between 8am – 7pm and on the weekends they are open from 9am to 2pm. and have a nice cup of coffee and a simple breakfast.Read more.

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LUWAK

LUWAK is open daily serves good coffee and healthy/vegetarian/vegan food. They have some tables inside plus a terrace. The benches on the picture below have been replaced by chairs! Read more about LUWAK.

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Starbucks

And then there’s Starbucks! I am personally not a fan, but it’s incredibly popular in the community. I guess good branding and the amazing location on Las Canteras with ocean view has something to do with that.

I’m sure there are a lot more places to work from, so share your recommendations and experiences in Slack. In this post you can find tips for co-workings and coworking cafés in Maspalomas.